Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell said the GOP would “certainly welcome” West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin “if he was so inclined” to flip parties. Manchin has been bashed by his partisan colleagues for pledging to vote against President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan.
Sen. Mitch McConnell on Wednesday urged Sen. Joe Manchin to join the Republican Party after the moderate Democrat bucked his own by effectively sinking a massive economic spending and climate bill, but the Republican leader acknowledged that the party switch likely won't happen.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell is done with subtleties. The Senate Republican leader is putting his party's courtship of Joe Manchin on full public display after the West Virginia Democrat
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell floated on Wednesday the possibility of allowing Sen. Joe Manchin III to keep his committee chairmanship in a party-switch deal that would give Republicans majority control of the upper chamber.
McConnell made his latest pitch to Manchin while speaking to conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, who asked if the minority leader had talked to the Democratic senator about joining the GOP.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday sounded off on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reportedly thinking about leaving the Democratic Party. | Clips
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is trying to coax Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) into ditching the Democrats after the West Virginia lawmaker tanked President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continued a public campaign to convince Sen. Joe Manchin to join Republican ranks after the centrist Democrat announced this week he would not support spending legislation comprising President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, citing its price tag.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) would be best served by joining the Republican Party during an appearance on FNC's "America Reports" on Wednesday. | Clips
GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell is openly recruiting Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after his split with the White House over the president’s spending package.
